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Patented July 18, 1939 PATENT OFFICE CABINET Herbert E. Mill s, Detroit, Mich, assignor. to Borg- Warner Corporation, a corporation of Illinois 8 Claims.

The principal object of this invention is to 5 provide a convenient utility set adapted for use in conjunction with a cabinet or the like and made up of several parts which may optionally be combined as a unit, but which, if not combined,

will have as much utility as otherwise.

10 Another object of the invention is to provide a light, clock, and condiment set which is adapted to be assembled to the back of a gas or an electric range, said set to be provided preferably with -a clock a light, and a plurality of condiment receptacles, the use of any or all parts included within this invention being optional.

Another object of the invention is to provide a light, clock and condiment set which is made up 2 of a plurality of parts which are interchangeable,

pensively manufactured, said assembly being adapted to be supported preferably by the back of an ordinary make of stove.

Another object of the invention is to provide am inexpensive, though attractive, light, clock and condiment set which can be assembled without difficulty or damage to a stove which need not bealtered in any way in order to operatively support such set, the combination of the parts of 39 this invention, being interchangeable and the use of any or all being optional.

Another object of this invention is to utilize the supporting means of a stove or cabinetfor supporting a combination of illuminating means,

condiment holding means, time-telling means, or other means normally useful in the kitchen.

It would not be practical to manufacture astove with a. light, clock and condimentset permanently attached thereto, for many buyers This invention contemplates the provision of acabinet construction, .preferably a stove, com-' prising a rear stove panel with means therein for attachment thereto of a bracket or holding means for supporting the structure herein disclosed. Said structure preferably comprises a supporting means for a condiment receptacle, or plurality thereof, a supporting means for a clock F 55 or other useful kitchen instrument, and a supporteasily assembled, easily disassembled, and inexthereof. However, a stove can be supplied with Application July 17, 1936, Serial No. 91,050

ing means for an illuminating means. It is intended that these means he used in combination, or individually, as the case may be.

The parts comprising this invention are separately constructed, but adapted to be used in combination if so desired. They are individually verylow in cost, and their replacement is of little financial consequence in comparison to the utility derived therefrom. Their construction is simple, and they afiord, therefore, little or no difllculty in assembly or disassembly. The unit as a whole attractively presents an inexpensive structure capable of performing several duties, and each part, if used separately, will as efliciently perform its individual duty.

For a better understanding of the advantages thereof, reference may be had to the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which there are two sheets and in which: 2

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a stove, the extreme lower portion of which has been omitted, showing the invention in a general manner;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the light and condiment set with a portion of the rear panel of the stove," to which it is'connected, partially shown; I

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view, somewhat enlarged, taken on the line 3+3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side'elevationalview taken. along line 44 of Fig. 2;

Fig. .5 is a rear elevational view taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 3; and I Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lamp support, partially broken away atthe lower portion 35 thereof.

A stove II of the gas or electric type is normallyprovided with a heat control panel generally indicated at H. Handles l2 and a heat control assembly it are normally disposed outwardly of said panel ll. Directly below panel II is one of a pluralit'y of drawers ll such as are usually provided in a stove and disposedto'the right thereof is a conventional oven IS. The main stove top is in icated at l6 and is provided with a burner. box 0 ver IT. The visible portion of the backguard or rear panel of the stove is indicated at l8. Generally indicated as being supported by the back of panel I8 is a clock support IS with a clock seated therein. A lamp bracket 2| is shown as being disposed behind, support is and supporting a lamp assembly generally indicated at 22. Disposed on either'side of support l9 and behind'panel I8 is a plurality of condiment rea ceptacies generally indicated at 23 and 24. '55

It is to be noted that the detailed description of the parts of stove I0 is in no way essential to this disclosure, for stove ||I could merely be a cabinet or a work table. The description, therefore, is to be taken as explanatory rather than definitive.

Clock 20, adapted to be supported by clock support I9, is provided with lugs 3| projecting from said clock and resting upon a part of support l9. Said clock is also provided with controls generally indicated at 25.

Clock support I! is provided with rearwardly extending flanges I9 at either side thereof effective for concealing the back portions of the light and condiment set from view. Lugs 26 extend forwardly from the lower portion of clock support I9 and lugs 21 project upwardly from an intermediate portion of said clock support; these lugs 26 and 21 are adapted to cooperatively engage portions of. the back or splash panel l8 to secure the support in position. A plurality of holes 28 are provided in the clock support l9 ad-- jacent its lower end to,receive stove bolts 36; a

The stove bolts 36 serve to secure a removable metalbracket 32 to the rear of the support IS, the support i9 projecting downwardly into engagement with a stove frame member I8. The lower portion of bracket 32 is secured to the frame It by means of a bolt 35.

A metal bar 38, shaped to provide a plurality of semi-circles, with a large portion of .the center thereof being disposed behind clock support l9 and supported from below at the center thereof by the ,top of bracket 32, has a slot in its top at each end for receiving the downturned top portion of the stove rear panel l8. This bar 38 is disposed ina horizontal manner. and is capable of being rigidly supported by bracket 32 and stove panel l8 and supports condiment receptacles 24.

Lamp support 2| is a metal stamping with the portion of either side fianged rearwardly at 4| in order to conceal the back portions thereof from view. A portion of the center of support 2| is flanged rearwardly at 42 to define an aperture, the top of such central flange serving as a resting place for a lamp shade 22. Near the bottom of support 2| are downwardly extending lugs 43 which are seated in the cutaway portions 3| of clock support I9, Directly below these lugs 43 -is hole 29 which is aligned with a hole'in clock support I9 and receives a stove bolt 44 for securing support 2| to support IS. A part of the upper portion of support 2| is channeled at 46 to provide guides for receiving vertical portions of the lamp shade 22. Integral with support 2| is a bracket 41 which extends forwardly at right angles to support 2| and is provided with a hole 48 for receiving a lamp socket 49 involving this invention will, in the great ma-.

jority of cases, be positioned with its back against a wall when the stove or cabinet is installed for A hole 30 is disposed near the center of use, and it is with this installation inmind that this specification has stated that the stove and parts of the utility supporting members conceal connections and other members from view. Many of the connections will, of course, be visible as viewed directly from the back, which is, however, the uncommon approach to the stove or cabinet.

It will be noted that practically each and every part which comprises this invention is adapted for removability or for easy. assembly.

While the structures and methods disclosed herein may be considered as illustrating a perfected form and application of the principles of invention, there is no intention to limit the invention to anything less that is fairly to be "considered within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. Incombination with a cabinet having a frame, a backguard, a panel having a flange and slot connection with said backguard, and a supporting bracket attached to the frame and engaging said panel to maintain the flange and slot connection of. the panel and backguard.

2. In combination with a cabinet having a raised back portion, a support member rigidly secured at a-lower portion to said cabinet and extending above the top of said cabinet, and a panel interfitted with a portion of said cabinet and arranged to support accessory items, the upper portion of said supporting member being in engagement with said panel to maintain the panel in position and said interfitting portions being concealed behind the raised back portion of said cabinet.

3. In combination with a cabinet, a pair of supporting members, one of said members being rigidly connected to the back of said cabinet, the other of said members being loosely interfltted with a rear portion of said cabinet and held in placebetween said cabinet portion and said first member, and. means rigidly. connecting said members.

4. In combination with a cabinet, a pair of accessory supporting members associated with by removable fastening means, the other of said members being concealed behind and loosely interfltted with said cabinet, said members being readily dismountable from said cabinet and each other without affecting the structural strength of the cabinet.

5. In .pombination with a stove, a panel interfitted with a portion of said stove, and a bracket rigidlyattached to another portion of said stove and extending into engagement with said panel adjacent the point of interconnection of the stove and panel to maintain their relationship, said interconnection being concealed by said stove.

6. In combination with a cabinet having a backguard, an accessory supporting member fastened to the back of said cabinet and free of said backguard, and another accessory supporting member adapted to rest against said first memher and be held in place by said accessory supporting member. and by lugs engaging said backguard, whereby said members" are readily dis-,'

7. In combination with a cabinet having a backguard with a concealed flange, a supporting member rigidly supported from the rear of. said 9,100,040 a 3 I cabinet, said member having a vertical flange integral therewith, an accessory supporting mem- 1 ber having slots, said accessory supporting member being supported on said vertical flange, said slots being engaged with the huge on said backguard, whereby said accessory supporting member is readily mountable and dismountable at will without altering the front surface of said cabinet.

8. In combination with a cabinet having a backzuard, an accessory supporting member rigidly secured to the back of said cabinet, and a second accessory supportingmember freely supported by said first member, said second member having a slot for female relation with a concealed portion or said backguard for being held in place thereby.

' HERBERT E. MILLS. 

